xsl:stylesheet Element

Defines the set of templates to be applied to the input source tree to generate the output source tree.

Syntax

<xsl:stylesheet
    indent-result="yes" 
    language="language-name" >

Attributes

indent-result

Indicator of whether to preserve in the output any white space that appears in the style sheet. The actual white-space characters themselves can be changed.

language

Scripting language used in this style sheet.

Element Information

Number of occurrences 1

Parent elements None

Parent elements (No parent elements)

Child elements xsl:define-template-set, xsl:script, xsl:template

Requires closing tag Yes. XSL is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed.

Number of occurrences	1
Parent elements	None
Parent elements	(No parent elements)
Child elements	xsl:define-template-set, xsl:script, xsl:template
Requires closing tag	Yes. XSL is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed.

Remarks

An XSL style sheet contains the xsl:stylesheet element. This element can have a set of xsl:template elements representing different output templates. Processing begins by processing the root template, indicated by the pattern "/".

Example


<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <HTML>
      <BODY>
        <TABLE>
          <xsl:for-each match="customers/customer">
            <TR>
              <xsl:apply-templates match="name" />
              <xsl:apply-templates match="address" />
              <xsl:apply-templates match="phone" />
            </TR>
          </xsl:for-each>
        </TABLE>
      </BODY>
    </HTML>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="name">
    <TD STYLE="font-size:14pt font-family:serif">
      <xsl:apply-templates />
    </TD>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="address">
    <TD> <xsl:apply-templates /> </TD>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="phone">
    <TD> <xsl:apply-templates /> </TD>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>